Line #52 Recap/Asterix


1	Recap page for the ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' comic book albums and other printed media. ''(Original French titles kept in italix)''
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3	!!Main Series
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5	# ''Recap/AsterixTheGaul'' (''Astérix le Gaulois'' – 1961): Our introduction to the ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' universe. The main story is about the centurion of the Legionary camp Compendium wanting to find out the secret of the village's strength.
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7	# ''Recap/AsterixAndTheGoldenSickle'' (''La Serpe d'Or'' – 1962): Getafix's golden sickle breaks, so Asterix and Obelix go to Lutetia to purchase another one. There, they get mixed up in an insidious ring of golden sickle traffickers.
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9	# ''Recap/AsterixAndTheGoths'' (''Astérix et les Goths'' – 1963): Goths from the east kidnap Getafix, hoping to make use of his magic. Asterix and Obelix head to Germania to rescue him.
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11	# ''Recap/AsterixTheGladiator'' (''Astérix Gladiateur'' – 1964): Cacofonix is captured and sent to Rome as a present for Julius Caesar.
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13	# ''Recap/AsterixAndTheBanquet'' (''Le Tour de Gaule'' – 1965): As part of a bet with the Romans, Asterix and Obelix go around collecting samples of fine food.
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15	# ''Recap/AsterixAndCleopatra'' (''Astérix et Cléopâtre'' – 1965): To win a bet with Caesar, Cleopatra has a palace built in his honor. Her main architect Edifis asks our favorite Gauls for help.
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17	# ''Recap/AsterixAndTheBigFight'' (''Le Combat des Chefs'' – 1966): Gallo-Roman chief Cassius Ceramix challenges Vitalstatistix for control of the village at the worst time -- when Getafix has amnesia and can't make magic potion!
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19	# ''Recap/AsterixInBritain'' (''Asterix chez les Bretons'' – 1966): Asterix and Obelix travel to Britain to deliver a barrel of magic potion to a village of indomitable Britons.
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21	# ''Recap/AsterixAndTheNormans'' (''Astérix et les Normands'' – 1967): Asterix and Obelix are put in charge of training Vitalstatistix's cowardly nephew Jusforkix to be a warrior, while at the same time a crew of Norman vikings arrive at Gaul, hoping to learn about fear as 'Fear lends wings'.
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23	# ''Recap/AsterixTheLegionary'' (''Astérix Légionnaire'' – 1967): To save Panacea's fiancé Tragicomix, Asterix and Obelix join the Roman Legions!
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25	# ''Recap/AsterixAndTheChieftainsShield'' (''Le Bouclier Arverne'' – 1968): Caesar plans on holding a triumph on Vercingetorix's shield, but there's one problem; it's missing!
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27	# ''Recap/AsterixAtTheOlympicGames'' (''Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques'' – 1968): The Gaulish villagers travel to Greece and enter the Olympics.
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29	# ''Recap/AsterixAndTheCauldron'' (''Astérix et le Chaudron'' – 1969): The chief of another village asks Asterix's to watch over a cauldron full of money... which Asterix loses!
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31	# ''Recap/AsterixInSpain'' (''Astérix en Hispanie'' – 1969): Asterix and Obelix return an Iberian child to his village.
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33	# ''Recap/AsterixAndTheRomanAgent'' (''La Zizanie'' – 1970): Caesar sends in a civil servant to sow discord among the Gauls.
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35	# ''Recap/AsterixInSwitzerland'' (''Astérix chez les Helvètes'' – 1970): Asterix and Obelix look for a mountain flower for Getafix's medicine.
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37	# ''Recap/TheMansionsOfTheGods'' (''Le Domaine des Dieux'' – 1971): Caesar has a Roman flat built near the indomitable village.
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39	# ''Recap/AsterixAndTheLaurelWreath'' (''Les Lauriers de César'' – 1972): Asterix and Obelix go to Rome and steal Caesar's Laurel Wreath.
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41	# ''Recap/AsterixAndTheSoothsayer'' (''Le Devin'' – 1972): A fake soothsayer in league with the Romans tries to destroy the Gauls.
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43	# ''Recap/AsterixInCorsica'' (''Astérix en Corse'' – 1973): The villagers free a captured Corsican warrior from the Romans, and Asterix and Obelix return to Corsica with him.
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45	# ''Recap/AsterixAndCaesarsGift'' (''Le Cadeau de César'' – 1974): A retiring Legionary insults Caesar, so his retiring gift is the deed to Asterix's village!
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47	# ''Recap/AsterixAndTheGreatCrossing'' (''La Grande Traversée'' – 1975): While fishing, Asterix, Obelix, and Dogmatix get caught in a storm and wind up a new land with big gobbling birds, and a camp of what they think are colonial Romans.
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49	# ''Recap/ObelixAndCo'' (''Obélix et Compagnie'' – 1976): The Romans introduce big business to Asterix's village in hopes of corrupting it.
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51	# ''Recap/AsterixConquersRome'' (''Les 12 Travaux d'Astérix'' – 1979): Comic adaptation of the non-canonical film ''WesternAnimation/TheTwelveTasksOfAsterix'', in which the Gauls are challenged to twelve literally herculean tasks, with the stakes being absolute victory in the war between the Gauls and Romans.
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53	# ''Recap/AsterixInBelgium'' (''Astérix chez les Belges'' – 1979): When Vitalstatistix hears that Caesar claims that the Belgians are the bravest, he, Asterix, and Obelix go to Belgium to settle the score. The final album written by Goscinny before his death.
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55	# ''Recap/AsterixAndTheGreatDivide'' (''Le Grand Fossé'' – 1980): Another village's leadership dispute leaves them vulnerable to the Romans. The first volume written entirely by Uderzo.
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57	# ''Recap/AsterixAndTheBlackGold'' (''L'Odyssée d'Astérix'' – 1981): Getafix runs out of "rock oil", an ingredient to the Magic Potion.
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59	# ''Recap/AsterixAndSon'' (''Le Fils d'Astérix'' – 1983): Asterix discovers a baby left on his doorstep. A baby that Brutus is very keen to get...
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61	# ''Recap/AsterixAndTheMagicCarpet'' (''Astérix chez Rahazade'' – 1987): Cacofonix is needed to end a drought in the Ganges valley in India.
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63	# ''Recap/AsterixAndTheSecretWeapon'' (''La Rose et le Glaive'' – 1991): The village gets a new bard with strange ideas, and Caesar hopes to take advantage of Gaulish chivalry.
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65	# ''Recap/AsterixAndObelixAllAtSea'' (''La Galère d'Obélix'' – 1996): Obelix drinks a second cauldron of Magic Potion!
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67	# ''Recap/AsterixAndTheActress'' (''Asterix et Latraviata'' – 2001): A Roman actress in disguise is sent to the village to seduce Asterix and Obelix, and retrieve treasures belonging to the former triumvir Pompey.
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69	# ''Recap/AsterixAndTheClassAct'' (''Astérix et la rentrée gauloise'' – 2003): A collection of short stories.
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71	# ''Recap/AsterixAndTheFallingSky'' (''Le Ciel lui tombe sur la tête'' – 2005): Aliens visit the village. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes. Really.]] The last album fully written and illustrated by Albert Uderzo.
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73	# ''Recap/AsterixAndObelixsBirthdayTheGoldenBook'' (''L'Anniversaire d'Astérix et Obélix – Le Livre d'or'' – 2009): The village celebrates the birthday of Asterix and Obelix. The album celebrates the 50th anniversary of the series' first appearance, in the magazine ''Pilote'' in 1959. Mostly a compilation of short stories and other bonus content.
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75	# ''Recap/AsterixAndThePicts'' (''Astérix chez les Pictes'' – 2013): The first album by the new team of Ferri and Conrad sends Asterix and Obelix on a mission to Scotland.
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77	# ''Recap/AsterixAndTheMissingScroll'' (''Le Papyrus de César'' -- 2015): After Caesar deletes a chapter in his ''Literature/CommentariesOnTheGallicWar'' about his failure to conquer the village, a reporter leaks it to the Gauls and the Romans attempt to get it back. [[RippedFromTheHeadlines Inspired by the Wikileaks scandal.]]
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79	# ''Recap/AsterixAndTheChariotRace'' (''Astérix et la Transitalique'' -- 2017): The Roman official in charge of maintaining the roads has an idea to hide the fact he sucks at his job: organize a chariot race across the Italic peninsula with riders from all over the continent. Obelix, who bought a chariot on the recommendation of a fortune-teller, decides that he wants to participate.
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81	# ''Recap/AsterixAndTheChieftainsDaughter'' (''La Fille de Vercingétorix'' -- 2019): The two leaders of the Gaullish resistance, former lieutenants of Vercingétorix, seek help from the village for an important task: to protect Adrenalin, their leader's daughter whom the Romans want to capture to use as a hostage.
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83	# ''Recap/AsterixAndTheGriffin'' (''Astérix et le Griffon'' -- 2021): Asterix, Obelix, and Dogmatix joins Getafix in search of the mythical Griffin.
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85	# ''Recap/AsterixAndTheWhiteIris'' (''L'Iris Blanc'' -- 2023): Roman physician Isivertuus tries to improve the morale of the Roman army and pacify the Gauls with his philosophy of positive thinking and healthy living.
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87	!!Others
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89	* ''How Obelix Fell into the Magic Potion When he was a Little Boy'' (1989) - Picture book.
90	* ''Astérix & Friends'' (2007) - Special tribute album for Creator/AlbertUderzo's 80th birthday.
91	* ''Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom'' (2023) - Picture book, tie-in to [[Film/AsterixAndObelixTheMiddleKingdom the film]].

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